Divya Abhat

Writer & editor interested in climate change, global health, conservation, and whatever else comes my way. Written for @TheAtlantic, @NPR, @SmithsonianMag.

[Divya Abhat @div_a]

I recently wrote about the devastating impact of climate change on Indigenous Peoples—particularly those living along the coast—and how they're using traditional knowledge to address the threats. https://t.co/TmE0biX7Dy

[Kresimir Josic @kjosic]

With access to a massive database of 28,000 neurons from the primary visual cortex of multiple mice, participants of the Sensorium 2022 Competition are helping develop standardized benchmarks in neural research.

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@AToliasLab @paulgfahey @KonstantinWille

[Mark W. Kline, M.D. @MarkWKlineMD1]

Like HIV/AIDS before it, COVID has become a test of our humanity. Casually dismissing the deaths of 1000s daily is a way of saying, “but they weren’t like me.” They were old or unhealthy. Time was up. Truth is, all of us should be taking all of this very personally.

[Yo-Yo Ma @YoYo_Ma]

Wishing you all a happy 2022.

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

Both this meme and public health authorities can communicate effectively about vaccines and transmission.

[Maggie Koerth @maggiekb1]

The last two weeks of December definitely exist inside the same pocket universe as airports, where time and calories have no meaning.

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

2020: Can I go running?

2021: My brother is a fully vaxxed Scorpio who only lies and my roommate is an unvaccinated INTJ who only tells the truth; how do we attend a 124-person outdoor wedding across a river with a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain, and only one mask?

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

India is in the throes of a horrendous COVID surge

Horrendous

They are struggling to get more people vaccinated

We are sitting on 35-40 million doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine Americans will never use

Can we please give or lend them to India? Like may be now?

It'll help. A lot

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[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

So happy that USA has finally rejoined the Pittsburgh Agreement. Welcome back!

[Divya Abhat @div_a]

If you’re someone who managed to get work done during a raging pandemic, be sure to show it off! Send in your entries for the 2020 @DCSWA Newsbrief Awards by Feb 1.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”

[Divya Abhat @div_a]

@pranu We can’t wish this task on anyone especially not your lovely wife. Poor Wallace — I feel for him.

[Divya Abhat @div_a]

A superb resource compiled by @RobinLloyd99 on all things COVID.
https://t.co/OpNVkIX9kQ

[Divya Abhat @div_a]

@gosloe I just started it. So great!

[Divya Abhat @div_a]

@pranu Yeah that was very painful to watch.

[Divya Abhat @div_a]

Absolutely everything that has been wrong with America’s response to coronavirus and has brought this giant of a nation to its knees. Another incredible feature by ⁦@edyong209⁩. https://t.co/kjDpA7qtbW

[Krystal Literman @KrystalLiterman]

Thank you to @div_a for the awesome #NeuroNex announcement, I love being a @BiolumHub team member! Look forward to more virtual content from our Hub!

[Divya Abhat @div_a]

As entertaining as it is dealing with one pandemic, imagine being faced with two. An important — albeit disturbing — read.

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

🚨This is what's keeping me up at night: What if a second pandemic happened on top of the current one? Here's an attempt to answer that question. The longer the US struggles against one virus, the more vulnerable it becomes to others. 1/

https://t.co/crPEQbCuRA